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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2005
H. Pin Kao, Fremont, CA (US);
Ian A. Harding, San Mateo, CA (US);
Achim Karger, Foster City, CA (US);
Mark F. Oldham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Omead Ostadan, San Leandro, CA (US);
Greg Young, Menlo Park, CA (US);
H. Pin Kao, Fremont, CA (US);
Ian A. Harding, San Mateo, CA (US);
Achim Karger, Foster City, CA (US);
Mark F. Oldham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Omead Ostadan, San Leandro, CA (US);
Greg Young, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Applied Biosystems Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for normalizing a PCR instrument, can comprise a microplate comprising at least 6,000 wells and a system of dyes at known concentrations in a plurality of the at least 6,000 wells. A method for normalizing a system can comprise (a) providing a microplate comprising at least 6,000 wells and a system of dyes; (b) exciting at least one dye; (c) detecting an emission output for the at least one dye; (d) determining if the emission output is in an acceptable range; and (e) adjusting the system so that the emission output is in the acceptable range.